1. concede, yield, cede, grant -- (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)
2. surrender, cede, deliver, give up -- (relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in")

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I will now cede the privilege of speech to a letter which lies before me, a letter written five and twenty years ago by an old pupil, now Madame la Duchesse de----one of the most elegant women in Paris. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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About this time Miss Frankland, who had become a great favourite with mamma, obtained permission to take possession of the spare bedroom, with an understanding that she was to cede it to any visitor who might come. - from The Romance of Lust by Anonymous

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of the ceded islands......................... - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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Her father, who came over to take her home after the advent, ceded the dear little object of my connection with her mother to my wife's prayers. - from The Romance of Lust by Anonymous